All movies starring Ellen Burstyn

Everyone aspires to their ultimate dream. Sarah Goldfarb dreamed of starring in a famous TV show, her son Harold and his friend Tyrone dreamed of getting fabulously rich, Harold's girlfriend Marion dreamed of having her own fashion store, but there were all kinds of obstacles in their way. All of them choose unobvious ways to achieve their goals, and the dreams remain unattainable, and the characters' lives are irrevocably ruined.

A 90-year-old woman, rapidly losing her memory and knowing that sooner or later her life will be over, returns to the Manitoba farmhouse she grew up in to try and make peace with her dysfunctional family.

Tragedy struck when a young mother's home birth ended in unfathomable tragedy. She was left to grieve for the child she lost, with no one there by her side but herself and an Indigenous tradition that demands compassion from all living things; this deeply personal story is about learning how we survive life after loss as well as reconciling relationships within your family or loved ones circle following such pain.

An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date: her birthday.

Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.

A recently widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it's just like high school - full of cliques and flirtatious suitors. What she initially avoids leads her to exactly what she has been missing: new friendships and a chance at love again with newcomer Dan.